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The United States Is Committing Brutal Acts of Torture Right Now
Torture has been an integral and systematic intelligence practice since WWII.
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Under Fire for Negligence, North Carolina Prisons Chief Seeks New Funding for Mental Health Treatment
The North Carolina prison system has for many years faced criticism for its track record of the mistreatment of people with mental health disorders.
Hands Off Assata: Protests Can Protect the Revolutionary Fugitive Again
The earlier protest movement for Assata Shakur points the way forward.
Should Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and CIA Officials Be Tried for Torture? War Crimes Case Filed in Germany
A human rights group in Berlin, Germany, has filed a criminal complaint against the architects of the George W. Bush administration's torture program.
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Anti-Black Racism and the Task of White Anti-Racists in This Historic Moment
Anti-racists must generate positive identities rooted in challenging, not sidestepping, structural oppression.
Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo Weren’t the First: A Short History of Brutal Cops Let Off the Hook by the US Justice System
The US has a long history of allowing police to walk free after vicious racist violence.
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The “Blame Russia” Mainstream Media Chorus Over Ukraine as Viewed From Canada
Canada has been an enthusiastic partner with the United States and European Union in supporting the right wing government that came into power in Ukraine in February of this …
A New Definition of Torture
Some folks claim that a desire for privacy is an admission of guilt.
Criminal Complaint Against Bush Era Architects of Torture
The Federal Prosecutor must investigate former CIA boss Tenet, former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and others - and should not wait until they are on German soil.
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In Border Disaster, Advocates Seek Names of the Dead
Nearly 6,000 people have died crossing the southern border into the US since 1998. Local authorities have struggled to deal with the remains and notify relatives.